A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells

B Bernstein; Tarjei S. Mikkelsen; Xiaohui Xie; Michael Kamal; Dana J. Huebert; James Cuff; Ben Fry; Alex Meissner; Marius Wernig; Kathrin Plath; Rudolf Jaenisch; Alexandre Wagschal; Robert Feil; Stuart L. Schreiber; Eric S. Lander

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.02.041

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BiologyChromatinBivalent (engine)Bivalent chromatinEpigeneticsDNA methylationHistoneGeneGeneticsEmbryonic stem cellMethylationGenomeHistone methylationCell biologyChromatin remodelingGene expression

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 125
Issue: 2
Pages: 315-326
Citations: 5314
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                                    B Bernstein, 
                                
                                    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen, 
                                
                                    Xiaohui Xie
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells. 
                            Cell
                            , 125
                            (2)
                            , 315-326.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2006.02.041
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.02.041